Washing-machine.



S. DAHLY.

WASHING MACH!NE..

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. 1911.

Patented Nov. 27, 1917..

S. DAHLY.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. :9. 1912.

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S. DAHLY.

WASHING MACHINE. I APPLICATICN FILED APR. 19. 1917.

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SEVERINA DAIILY, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23?. T91? Application fi1ed. April 19, 191.7. Serial No. 183,284.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, SEVERINA DAI-ILY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis. in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved washing machine and has as its primary ob ject to provide a simple and eiiicient device of this character which may be easily operated and which will be particularly adapted for domestic purposes.

The invention has as a further object to provide an arrangement employing a rotary clothes drum having clothes pockets extending therefrom so that as the drum is rotated the clothes will fall into and out of the said pockets successively to thus be brought in contact with the corrugated sides of the said pockets for rubbing the clothes, as well as for forcing the water within the drum through the clothes as the water pours from the drum into and out of the said pockets.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide an arrangement wherein by causing the clothes to fall into and out of the clothes pockets of the clothes drum, the air within the said pockets will be forced through the clothes and thus contribute to the quick and effective cleaning of the clothes.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved washing machine particularly showing the construction of the rotary clothes drum,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and particularly showing the mounting of the rotary clothes drum,

Fig. e is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 41i of Fig. 3 and showing the ribs provided at the inner ends of the clothes pockets carried by the clothes drum for rubbing and agitating the clothes,

Fig. 5 is a plan view particularly showing the spring clamping members employed for holding the door opening into the clothes drum in position,

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 66 of 5, par. 'cularly showing the mounting of the door, and

Fig.7 is a transverse sectional view showing the door detached.

In carrying out the invention, my proved washing machine is formed with a stand including paraliel. side bar 10 from the ends of which extend legs 11. The bars 10 and legs 11 are integral and are preferably formed of suitable angle irons bent into desired shape. Extending between the bars 10 and legs 11 are knee braces 12 and connecting the pairs of legs opposite ends of the stand are crossed brace members 18 connected at their ends with the said legs with the braces of each pair secured together at their point of intersection. EX- tending transversely between the side bars 10 at one end of the stand is a cross bar 14s which is also preferably formed of angle iron. This bar is designed to receive a clothes ringer and swingingly mounted upon the legs 11 at the adjacent end of the stand is a shelf 15. This shelf preferably includes parallel side arms constructed of angle iron and swingingly connected their inner ends to the said stand legs with suitable cross strips extending between and connecting the said arms. Swingingly connected to the legs 11 at the adjacent end of the stand are strap irons 16 detachably engaged at their free extremities with studs 17 carried by the side arms of the shelf for supporsing the shelf in substantially horizontal position. The shelf 15 is designed to receive a clothes basket for receiving clothes from the ringer mounted upon the cross bar 14.

Mounted upon the side bars 10 of the stand are oppositely disposed bearing blocks 18 and 19 respectively. These blocks are bolted or otherwise secured to the said side bars and in this connection, it will be observed that the block 19 is somewhat elongated. Journaled upon the said bearing blocks is a substantially cylindrical clothes drum 20 provided with end walls 21. Bolted or otherwise secured to the said end walls axially of the drum are stub shafts or trunnions 22 and 23 respectively rotatably fitted through the blocks 18 and 19. The drum 20 is preferably formed of suitable sheet metal and the end walls 21 thereof are pressed in to provide a plurality of radial ribs 24 projecting into the drum. Extending radially from the drum 20 is a plurality of lateral elliptic clothes pockets 25, 26 and 27 respectively, three of the said pockets being preferably employed. These clothes pockets are also preferably constructed of suitable sheet metal and are corrugated circumferentially to thus present rough surfaces to the clothes therein. At their inner ends, the clothes pockets are riveted or otherwise secured to the drum 20 and mounted within the said pockets adjacent the junction thereof with the drum are, as particularly shown in Fig. 3, a plurality of circumferential ribs 28 eX- tcnding into the said pockets. These ribs provide rubbing surfaces more pronounced than the corrugations of the pockets for effectively rubbing the clothes as they slide into and out of the pockets from the drum and, as particularly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the walls of the pockets at the inner extremities thereof are smooth so that the said ribs may be readily secured thereto.

Fitted through the circumferential wall of the pocket 25 upon one side thereof is an inwardly beveled door frame 29 through which the clothes may be inserted into the drum 20. The frame may be screwed or otherwise secured to the wall of the said pocket and at the corners thereof is formed with upstanding lugs 30. Swingingly mounted upon the pairs of lugs at opposite sides of the frame are resilient clamping members 31 which are, as particularly shown in Fig. 6, provided intermediate their ends with laterally bowed portions 32. Remov ably fitted in the frame 29 is a door 33. This door may be formed of wood or other suitable material and is Provided with beveled edges to fit within the beveled edges of the 4 5 frame 29. Countersunk in the edges of the door is a resilient gasket 34 for providing a tight joint between the door and the said frame. Upon its lower side, the door is preferably channeled to provide a plurality of trans verse ribs facing into the pocket 25 for con tact with the clothes and fitted through the door at a point centrally thereof, is an upstanding post 35. Screw threaded upon the said post is a locking button or nut 36. This button is, as particularly shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings arranged to engage the laterally bowed portions 32 of the resilient clamping members 31 for compressing the said members against the upper side of the door 33 and yieldably holding the door tightly within the frame 29 to seal the filling opening for the clothes drum.

For displacing the door, it is simply neces- 1 sary to turn the button 36 to a position be-' tween the clamping members 31 when these in position so that the clothes may be readily inserted into the drum, I provide a hook 39 swingingly connected to one of the sidemembers 10 of the stand and detachably engaging a suitable lug 40 upon the adjacent end of the clothes drum. In this connection, it

is also to be observed that when the hook is thus engaged with the lug 40, the drain open-V ing in the clothes pocket 27 of the drum is presented downwardly so that the cap 38 may be removedfor dralningall of the water from the drum. Keyed or otherwise secured to the outer end .of the drum shaft 23 is a gear wheel 41 and projecting laterally from the bearingblock 19 in the rear of this wheelis a stub shaft 42 upon which is mounted a pinion 43 meshing withthe Wheel 41. Fitting over they pinion 43 and the said gear wheel is a guard 44 suitably connected with the block 19. Thepinion 43 is providedwith a screw threaded extension 45 adapted to detachably receive a crank 46 for rotating the clothes drum, or, if desired, a pulley may, as indicated'in dotted lines in Fig. 3, be screw threaded upon the extension 45 for rotating the drum from a suitable source of motive power. 7

in operating the device, the clothes drum 20 is, by removing the door 33, partlyfilled with water whenthe clothes are placed Within the drum and the door closed. The hook 39 is then disengaged from the drum when the crank 46 is operated to rotate the drum. Rotation of the drum will cause the clothes to fall into and out of the clothes pockets 25, 26 and 27 respectively to thus agitate the clothes and force the water therethrough for cleaning the clothes. Moreover, it will be observed that when the clothes are caused to fall into the pockets, the air within the said pockets will be forced through the clothes to thus materially contribute to the cleaning operation thereof. The ribs pro:

mestic purposes. Furthermor fowing to the efi'ective agitation of the clothes which may be had by rotating the clothes drum, the machine will act to quickly clean the clothes with a minimum of labor.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

A device of the character described including a stand, a clothes drum rotatably mounted thereon, a plurality of clothes pockets carried by the drum to extend laterally therefrom, the said pockets being circumficpiea of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the ferentially corrugated for the major portion of their length and having smooth walls at their inner extremities, and ribs mounted within the pockets upon the said smooth walls thereof to extend circumferentially of the said pockets, the said ribs providing pronounced rubbing surfaces adjacent the junctions of the pockets with the drum.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SEVERIN A DAHLY. [L. s.]

commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. Q, 

